The eighth track on Ghost’s fifth album, “Impera”. Tobias Forge previously told Kerrang! Magazine that Ghost’s new single Twenties has a vibe of “Slayer meets some sort of Missy Elliott thing”.
[Verse 1]
Listen up, hatchet man
Set controls for the heart of the land
Tell 'em all it is time
You're the next in the chain of command (As my)
Apparition (Apparition)
Direct the course for collision (Grow)
Suspicion (Suspicion)
For the Reich to come to fruition
[Chorus]
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be singing in a reign of pennies
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be soaring in disguise of bevies
In the Twenties (Twеnties)
We'll be smooching at thе feet of the ruler
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be grinding in a pile of moolah
[Verse 2]
Listen up, you motherfuckers
Those Ivy League dopes, they wanna mock us
Tell 'em all this is war
And not fighting a war is for suckers (Kiss my)
Assassinate (Assassinate)
Gather the tools to disintegrate (Feed)
Hate (Hate)
Reaping the seeds as a reprobate
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm number one, you're number two
You've got a lot of God's work to do
[Chorus]
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be singing in a reign of pennies
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be soaring in disguise of bevies
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be taking no shit from no chulas
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be grabbing 'em all by the hoo-hahs
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be dancing in the fields of freedom
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be crushing them laws 'cause we don't need 'em
In the Twenties
In the Twenties
All the way to the thirties
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be singing in a reign of pennies
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be soaring in disguise of bevies
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be smooching at the feet of the ruler
In the Twenties (Twenties)
We'll be grinding in a pile of moolah
Twenties was written by Tobias Forge & Vincent Pontare & Salem Al Fakir.
Twenties was produced by Klas Åhlund.
Tobias told Kerrang!:
That song has super-aggressive lyrics, it’s very hostile. It’s still meant as a pep-talk, but it’s basically demeaning and openly hating anyone who’s listening. It promises only air, but poisoned air. And yet it still wraps it up as a gift, as something you should say ‘thank y...
Tobias Forge:
This is a machine disguised as a leader talking to liberal persons because we need their manpower, and without them there is no society. So it’s this cheer about the twenties, saying that it will lead to an even more hopeful thirties—but 1900s-style. It’s meant to give people hope, if...